#4BC9E0#4BC9E0

#4BC9E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9E0
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -27.38, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 34.88, 218.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0961 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.113 212)
XYZ	xyz(37.2372, 48.6468, 77.9338)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9E0 #E0624B

analogous

#4BE0AC #4BC9E0 #4B7EE0

triadic

#4BC9E0 #E04BC9 #C9E04B

tetradic

#4BC9E0 #AC4BE0 #E0624B #7EE04B

square

#4BC9E0 #AC4BE0 #E0624B #7EE04B

split-complementary

#4BC9E0 #E04B7E #E0AC4B

monochromatic

#1A8397 #23B1CB #4BC9E0 #7FD9E9 #B3E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BC9E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#4BC9E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9E0

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9E0	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e9',
    500: '#4bc9e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9e0;
$custom-light: #8fd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.48651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9E0

secondary

#E1AFA6

accent

#563AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9E0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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